Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-07-07

Mexico is beginning to prepare for big
re-urion of ex- Coufederates, which is
booked for September IA.
The premium list of the North Mis-
Fair circuit, including Columbia, Mar
shall, Mexico Fulton, st. Charles and
Montgomery, amounts to $4,000.
The st. Louis custom house IS said to be
haunted by the spook of Ex-Governor
Reynolds.
Jack Hayes will not hang at st. Louis.
He has been declared insane.
Frank Wilson. colored, of Kansas City,
choked his child to death few days ago.
NJ CowIey was killed and two others
seriously injured by railway accident
on the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
road at Gault
Rev. Father Phelan, pastor of the
Church of Our Ledy of Mount Carmel and
editor of the Western VdtchHaaa, has left
st. Louis for q two months trip to Nova
Scotia, where he will visit his brother.
Charlie Grady, nine years old, residing
in St. Louis, was playing on a barge at
the foot of Franklin avenue, a few days
ago, when he fell into the river and was
drowned. The body was not recovered.
The $50 900 subscription, for which the
Santa Fee promises to build its main line
into st. Joseph, has been completed.
About thirty-eight dollars in counter
felt silver coin has been taken up at the
st. Louis sub treasury during the past
month. Several counterfeit bills were
presented and stamped but they were all
bills that had been in circula ton for a
long time There are no new counter
, feits in circulation so far as known.
Charles Sanders, who recently served
two years in the penitentiary for shoot
ing and killing Officer Printz in st. Louis,
will now so up and do four years more
for irving to kill Henry FRANKIE on the
goth of last March.
The trouble in the Bullene Guards of
Kansas, which started at 1.-THE National
drill in Washin gton, when the Kansas
City boys were refused the privilege of
competing owing to the absence of their
officers, will result IN the disbandment Of
the crack company of that city. The Of
ficers are exceedingly bitter towards each
| other, and the men arc angry with the Of
fcers. A challenge to q duel has resulted
among the latter.
In the District Court at st. Louis John
Mitchell, alias Prendergast. withdrew his
plea of not guilty of attempting to vote
| under an assumed name at the Con-
gress ional election last November.
Mitchell jumped his bond and was ar
rested again at Chicago and returned to
st. Louis. He plead guilty to the charge
and was sentenced by Judge Thayer to
| an Imprisonment of eight months in Jail,
beginning with February s. 1887.
Owing to the absence of witnesses
| James F. Brady was acquitted at Kan sas
| City of the charge of selling lottery
tickets. Judge White at once sent out a
deputy sheriff and had the eleven missing
witnesses arrested. When they were
brought before him he fined each one
300 and refused to reduce the amount in
any case. saying that the mandates of the
Criminal Court had to be respected.
Mrs. John Douohue, of st. Louis, under
took to accelerate the burning of her fl re
| a few mornings since by the application
of some of the contents of her coal oil can.
The result was funeral the next day.
AT a special term of the Randolph Cir
| cult Court few days since the following
cases were disposed of: Frank Paris,
burglary; plea of guilty, and sentenced to
States prison for five years. Thomas
Riley, assault to kill; plea of guilty, and
| fined 500. Albert w. Turner, grand lar
ceny; plea of guilty, and sentenced to
penitentiary for three years. Charles
Richardson, grand larceny; plea of not
guilty, and cotinued to regular term.
John G. Combs, St. Louis artist, was
arrested a few nights ago on the COM
| plant of two ladies, who charged him
with persistent attempt at MASKING.
The Browns are back in St. Louis.
James Pope, colored is under arrest in
| St. Louis for the murder of Edward
Young.
The recent two days sale of building
| lots carved out of the old fair grounds in
| Moberly by Kansas City speculators
| amounted to about $4,000
| Near the little village of Green Ridge,
| Pettis County, a few days ago. Laura
! Close shot at William Weller, young
| farmer, who was blowing in a field, but
| missed her mark. Miss Close claims that
| Weller seduced her under promise of
| marriage about eight months ago. Weller
! was married recently to an estima BILE
| young lady of Ell Dorado Springs.
| Southeast Miss ouri beats all creation in
| the production Of toothsome berries
! No less than five fires occurred in one
| evening at Kansas City recently, in which
| the damage ranged from $50 to s., so.
| Two of these fires were in the business
| portion AID the others among residences.
| Recorder Davenport, of Kansas City,
! discharged four disrepu table young
| women, who had been arrested for p'yin g
their nefarious trade, on the ground that
| the council had 70 right to pass an ordin-
| ance prohibiting any class or sex from
appearing on the street at night. He re-
| fused to pay any attention to the provis-
| ions of the charter, and declared that so
| long as ne was on the bench there would
| be no convictions under the ordinance.
Louisiana is raising joint stock COM
pany to bore for gas.